4.10.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 365/28

1.

On 27 September 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings CVC Capital Partners, together with its subsidiaries and CVC Capital Partners Advisory Group Holding Foundation and its subsidiaries (the ‘CVC Group’, Luxembourg) and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘CPPIB’, Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Petco Holdings, Inc. (‘Petco’, United States) by way of other means.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for CVC Group: advice to and management of investments funds, which hold interests in a number of companies,

—   for CPPIB: investment in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments,

—   for Petco: retailing of pet products and services.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice.

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.8184 — CVC/CPPIB/Petco, to the following address: